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Tips for New Genshin Players I wish I knew starting out!

1.) Every adventure has its end, take your time! There’s loads of stuff to do in this game and it can be easy when starting out to feel the need to steamroll through it all. Make it last! With the exception of time limited events there’s no reason to rush through it all in a few months. You’ll thank yourself later when you’re AR50+ and still have things to do outside of events/abyss.

2.) This is a gacha game first, and a PVE game second. While I firmly stand by the belief this game can be played 100% for free, it is designed to make you want to spend your money on it. If you are someone who struggles with impulse control or gambling addiction, I strongly caution you to be careful with this game. Know your spending limits and don’t let FOMO of a certain character or weapon convince you to make any risky financial decisions. Every character in this game is viable, including the free ones given at the start!

3.) You get 180 resin per day which caps at 160. Don’t waste your resin early game on artifacts because you’ll end up replacing them anyway. Instead, use your resin on exp materials, mora, talent and ascension materials. You’ll thank yourself later!

Do not get baited into using your fragile resin early on. Wait until you’re at least World Level 7 (AR45) before using this to get the most out of it!

4.) Level up your talents! Go to character profile > talents > level up. Most DPS characters you’ll want to prioritize Normal Attacks first, then Skill and Burst depending which one you use more. Support Characters will typically prioritize Burst and Skill over auto attacks. These are just general assumptions, every character is different so be sure to read through all of their talents to get a feel for how they work as a unit. (Ex: Yae Miko is a DPS but her damage is focused on skill and burst, not her normal attacks.)

5.) Know how wishes work! Intertwined Fates can be used on the Limited-Time Character & Weapon Banners, while Acquaint Fates can be used on the Permanent banner.

On all banners you are guaranteed at least one 4⭐️ every 10 wishes, and one 5⭐️ every 90 wishes. Soft pity for 5⭐️ starts around 70 pulls, meaning the odds are slightly higher. Use this to your advantage if there’s a character you’re saving for! You can check how many wishes you’ve made by looking at History on the respective banner’s main menu.

6.) More on wishes: The Standard and Weapon banners are a trap! Especially if you’re f2p, you should never use your primogems on these banners! The character rate up banner is much more valuable because it has a guarantee system in place.

If you do not pull the featured limited character on your first 5 star pull, you are guaranteed to get the limited character next time you pull a 5 star. This guarantee carries over to future rate ups as well, meaning if you pulled Qiqi on Venti’s banner, you can save for another limited character you like to get a rate up and get them guaranteed later on.

Because it’s a 50/50 chance and you cannot pull 5⭐️ weapons on the character banner, this is also the best way to get the non limited 5⭐️ characters Diluc, Jean, Keqing, Qiqi, and Mona.

The weapon and standard banners do not have a guarantee like this. You can pull and pull and pull and never get the character or weapon you’re looking for. By all means, use the free Acquaint Fates you get in game to wish on the standard banner, but never use your primos on standard banner! As for the weapon banner, I recommend you only pull on this banner if you (1) Are okay with pulling literally any 5⭐️ weapon, and (2) already have a good roster of 5 ⭐️ characters you like. Characters > Weapons all the way!

Edit: the weapon banner now has epitomized path, which lets you select which weapon you prefer. This is more for whales and dolphin players though, since it takes two failed 5⭐️ pulls (~240 wishes) to guarantee the weapon you selected. I strongly caution wishing here unless you have a good roster of characters, and again, are okay with pulling literally any 5⭐️ weapon.

7.) Use your resources wisely! Especially early game when you have so few characters it can be tempting to level them all up. Wait until you have a few characters that you really like first, and prioritize your main DPS unit over everyone else. Save your low level artifacts to use as fodder later on!

8.) Artifacts. Welcome to pain. As mentioned in number 1, do not waste your time farming artifacts until you’re AR45+. This is because before that world level you aren’t guaranteed 5⭐️ artifacts on your runs, which means they will end being replaced anyway once you do obtain 5⭐️ artifacts. I also do not recommend using your fragile resin on artifacts. They are way too RNG based you’re much better off using fragile resin to farm Leylines and Weapon/Talent ascension materials because you’re guaranteed to be get good drops and you’ll always need these types of items.

9.) Be careful playing with randoms in Co-Op. As a rule, I typically keep Co-Op turned off unless I’m playing with friends. Once you let someone in your world they can pretty much do anything aside from open your chests. Not the end of the world, but can be really crappy if they steal all the Cecilias or Wolfhooks you needed to build certain characters.

10.) BE AWARE OF SCAMMERS/HACKERS!

If miHoYo ever gives anything for free it will be through the game or an online event accessible through the game. I feel like this should be a little obvious, but there is a considerable amount of account theft/trading within the community so I’m making a point of it. Do not under any circumstances share your login information with anyone else. I also recommend using a unique email and password that is unshared with any other database, especially social media like Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr etc (this is standard account safety). At the very least use a unique password and DO NOT fall for scam ads that say they give you free primogems. Again, miHoYo is giving anything for free it’s going to be in game.

11.) Once you can craft it, Condensed Resin is a huge time saver! It basically halves the time it takes to farm materials since it essentially lets you do two runs at once. The domain of Guyun, Windrise, and Dawn Winery are all great locations to farm Crystal flies!

12.) If you want to spend money without gambling, Welkin and BP are fantastic options that only cost $15 together for one month. Welkin alone is a great value for $5 and BP provides a shit ton of extra materials, resin, wishes, and really nice 4⭐️ weapons! Really great options if you want a little more out of the game without whaling 🐳

I think that about covers it all. If anyone else has tips definitely reblog and include them!

Uni was fun today

The way this is the thing Omar chose to interact with on Twitter tonight. It already had me howling before he replied to it too. 😂😂

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Do you think MXTX deals with themes of self-worth in all of her stories? I'm thinking of Luo BingHe, Wei WuXian, Xie Lian, and Hua Cheng specifically... but also Shen Jiu, Jiang Cheng, Jin GuangYao, and Mu Qing... are there similarities? Differences?

Daaamn, that’s a whole lotta characters to examine here XD

…And really, there’s only more to be added because self-worth is absolutely a recurring theme in MXTX’s stories, and a common hardship to grow from throughout individual arcs. I’d throw in Jin Ling, Qi Rong, Wen Ning and Zhuzhi-Lang too. 

There are certainly plenty of parallels & foils to be found and noticeable patterns are observable in the way self-worth is explored, especially in what caused it and how characters try to cope or compensate for it. 

To do some broad categorization (and some can fit in more than one category!):

Some have self-worth issues stem from the guilt of having committed horrendous acts at one time: Wei Wuxian, Xie Lian and Wen Ning

For MANY in which it’s the result of an abusive background: Jin Guangyao, Hua Cheng, Luo Binghe, Qi Rong, Zhuzhi-Lang and Shen Jiu. 

And for some it’s an inability to live up to expectations: Jiang Cheng and Jin Ling

Mu Qing is kind of a unique case, but uhhh more on him later. 

With the exception of the few antagonists who got tragic endings, we see most of these characters attain resolution in their arcs and move forward in life with greater confidence.

But what’s striking is just how consistently important human connections is shown to be at empowering people and healing the pain caused by those deep-seated insecurities. Having unconditional bonds are what allow even the villains in MXTX worlds to experience moments affirming their humanity. On the whole, connections are integral to the development of all these MXTX characters as they navigate through their issues with their self-worth, so let’s examine the various ways these two linked themes are explored. Since I’ve already written long-ass posts about Hua Cheng here and Wen Ning & Zhuzhi-Lang here, I won’t talk about them much. Also, Shen Jiu will be saved for another post 😉

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imagine being stuck in a room surrounded by everyone you’ve ever had sex with

Important messages in Young Royals that I don’t want overlooked because two boys kiss:

- the difficulty of growing up with ADHD and aspbergers (or other diagnoses that affect you). the fact that you say too much, or too little, and come off as someone not like everyone else. the way kids/teens usually go through life just trying to convince themselves they DON’T want friends and don’t need them when all they want is to be liked and not have to change who they are. something that affects so many kids today and it is shown in such a real, good, honest way in this show

- girls supporting girls in everything. the fact that felice supports sara, that madison tells so many people off for being rude to her girls and also is one hundred percent right and supportive about how august treats felice and doesn’t want that for her girl. we need this and it’s refreshing to see it in such a nice way without any kind of drama to it just for drama’s sake

- GIRLS PLAYING SPORTS. most girls stop playing sports at the age of 14 which is a big, big problem imo. to see here that the one playing football and wanting support is rosh, and that people GIVE it to her and show how fun she’s having is absolutely also an important thing to show. it made me absolutely so happy to see this get attention and i think people overlook the importance of it

- politics when it comes to rich and poor. the way rich people are allowed to accept all kinds of money whereas if poor people get them it’s disgusting and they are awful for accepting money. that the royal family is the one family getting the most money out of all. 

- you are allowed to set boundaries for yourself. you are allowed to not want to be a secret, you are allowed to not wear a dress that your mother wants you to wear. you are allowed to dump someone even if it could give you opportunities.

- girls have a sexuality and it is OKAY and i love to see that girls talk about sex and hookups and all just as much as the guys (even if a different way) because let’s get rid of the way girls are never supposed to explore their sexuality, discuss it or want to let others know (or know about others experiences)

- parents and substance abuse and how it affects your family and the difficultiy of wanting maybe a relationship but knowing it could fuck up everything. the way kids have to deal with it when they should be the ones taken cared of

- that spreading nude videos, photos of any kind is A CRIME and should be treated as a crime and is absolutely never wrong of the one taking part of the video. they didn’t do anything wrong. august was the absolute asshole that should be charged with so many things. and that people were supportive and felt sorry for them was also the best.

On what occasions does Phoenix Wright get paid?

PHOENIX WRIGHT: ACE ATTORNEY

Case 1-1 Defendant: Larry Butz Does Phoenix get paid? No way in hell.

Case 1-2 Defendant: Maya Fey Does Phoenix get paid? I doubt it ever even occurred to him to bill her, honestly.

Case 1-3 Defendant: Will Powers Does Phoenix get paid? Yes! I doubt Will makes a lot of money, but he has a steady job, and the studio might or might not have covered some of it. Some kind of compensation occurred.

Case 1-4 Defendant: Miles Edgeworth Does Phoenix get paid? I feel like Miles tried to pay him and Phoenix refused him point blank, and they went back and forth on this for entirely too long until Maya, wanting burger money and also to keep the damn lights on, took it upon herself to deposit the check behind Phoenix’s back and leave for Kurain Village before he discovered it. This is probably what kept him fed through all of game two.

Case 1-5/DLC Defendant: Lana Skye Does Phoenix get paid? Definitely! Lana makes decent money, she knows what the rates for a good defense attorney should be, and she would absolutely take that debt seriously. Congratulations, Phoenix, burgers for you and fancy plant food for Charley.

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the most adorable moments in life

when jin gets flustered after being complimented

when yoongi isn’t afraid to whip out his gummy smile

when hobi’s dimples make an unexpected appearance

when namjoon does something cute and gets really shy

when jimin squeaks while laughing

when tae smiles while looking like a literal puppy

when kookie beams after making his brothers laugh

are there soulmate aus that you guys really like or think is worth looking at

YES. THERE IS. ISNT THERE

spring day by Bangtanbananas [YoonMin, rated E, 70k]

Never Let Me Go by mindheist [TaeKook, rated E, 28k]

the lost seasons (i try to restore them) by sugastruck [NamGi, rated G, 12k]

tonight, we’ll defy the stars (hello my old heart) by fifty-one sunsets (idyleski) [VMin, rated G, 22k]

Freesia by mintsoda [TaeKook, rated E, 25k]

Breaking a Soul Bond by Dangerouslove [TaeKook, rated E, 17k]

Sneeze once; I hate you. Sneeze twice; we’re doomed. by illusorycorrelation [YoonKook, rated T, 13k]

we’re making our own history (cause we’re a page turner) by wolfsbanez [YoonSeok, rated G, 7k]

to the truth that you’re denying by sunsmiles [NamSeok, rated T, 21k] (MUST READ!!!!!!!!)

Cerulean and Malachite by TheHalesNyx [YoonKook, rated E, 16k]

Give Me A Chance by VanillaIceBaby [YoonMin, rated T, 18k]

give me thirty days (to fall in love with you) by kstorms [YoonMin, rated T, 9.7k]

I know I’ll fall in love with you, baby by witheredleaf (micooled) [YoonKook, rated T, 31k]

The World by RoseFangedLion [TaeGi, rated T, 35k]

pick me up, buttercup by vppa [TaeKook, rated G, 9k]

drive to the stars by inkingbrushes [YoonSeok, rated T, 13k]

Will you be my Forever? by flywithtaetae (kimtaehyungs) [TaeKook, rated M, 15k]

Midnight Dreamers by ghuns [YoonMin, rated T, 14k]

stay with me forever (or maybe just for now) by featherlightice [TaeGi, rated T, 6k]

♥‿♥ ♥‿♥ ♥‿♥ ♥‿♥ ♥‿♥ ♥‿♥ ♥‿♥ I love all of these ♥‿♥

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